Blog Herding: Community Edition 10/25/12

Miracle Network Hospitals are still tallying up all the
donations received from the Extra Life 2012 charity event, with Team GIO raising
nearly $11,000 from staff and community contributions. To celebrate, a round of
blogs on the house.

Vigilo
ConfidoKind of an unusual blog to be
featured here and at the time of this posting it has gone mostly unnoticed, but
AshaMan3000 pays his respects to something we've all looked at: the "load
screen."

Borderlands
2: TwittifiedA creative approach to blogging,
footthumb crafts a unique summarization of Borderlands 2 by collecting various
perspectives from Twitter and combining them with some Borderlands artwork.

Crafting
The Ultimate James Bond GameCelebrating 50 years of James
Bond and expounding on the reader discussion post from Ben Reeves, Andrew
Marcos offers a few ideas to build the ultimate Bond video game.

At
Least As Good With KinectNearly 2 years after the Kinect's
release that broke the record as the fastest selling consumer electronics
device, thegodofwine7 wonders if "Technically Not Worse with Kinect" is a more
accurate slogan.

Coming
Onto The OverloadWith a little over two months left
in 2012, Stranger's post reminds us of some of the great games we still have to
look forward to this year and a couple tentatively scheduled for an early next
year release.

DisempowermentA deep reflection from FrankxthexBunny
that merely scratches the surface of what motivates us to play video games and
the contrast between in game mechanics that promote or reject our abilities.

Making
Sense Of Gaige's "Ordered Chaos" TreeJoseph Breen is proving to be a
seasoned veteran of the Borderlands 2 universe as he expertly outlines yet
another character's skill tree and a surefire strategy to ensure success.

Bring
On The Undead...AgainZombies are a popular theme in
many of our favorite shooters and Masterassassin prepares for the next outbreak
coming in Black Ops II as he discusses the different modes we will try to
survive.

Community Reviews:

Borderlands
2: A Welcomed Return To PandoraBorderlands 2
continues to be a popular title being played (and reviewed) by gamers, and Jake
Magee's praise of the game might explain why as he awards the game a
respectable score of 9.0 out of 10.

Scooter
SyndromeBorderlands 2
only musters up an average score from Jon Gregory aka JMan240, who admits he
likes the game well enough but doesn't feel it lives up to its fullest
potential.

My
Memories Of Youth Remain Unsullied With XCOMX-COM: Enemy Unknown, the reboot of MicroProse's turn-based strategy game
from the mid-nineties, succeeds at capturing the essence of the original while
earning near perfect marks from Noobtubin8er.

Mark
Of The Ninja Video ReviewAnother GIO
member joins the movement to provide exceptional video reviews. This time it's Daniel
Campbell, as he showcases Mark of the Ninja in this short clip sure to capture
your attention.

Community Podcasts:

The
JACKED UP Indie And Mojo Show Episode 49The show welcomes another big
name from the video game industry with special guest Walt Williams, the lead
writer for Spec Ops: The Line at 2K Games. You don't want to miss this episode.

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